--- title: Photos slug: serpwow/search-api/searches/google/place-photos docTags: createdAt: 2024-08-05T14:13:33.939Z --- # Google Place Photos Parameters `GET` `/search?engine=google&search_type=place_photos` The Google Place Photos Parameters are applicable when making a request with `search_type=place_photos` to retrieve place photos for a Place. The Place is specified in the `data_id` parameter, `data_id` values are returned from `search_type=places` [Places requests](https://docs.trajectdata.com/serpwow/search-api/searches/google/places). :::hint{type="info"} **Place Photo Category IDs** If shown, a `search_type=place_photos` will return a `categories` array containing photo categories. You can pass a place photos category ID in to the optional `category_id` parameter to refine your place photos request to just photos belonging to that category. ::: :::hint{type="info"} **Place Photos Pagination** Place Photo results do not contain a traditional pagination section where a specific page of results is uniquely addressable. Instead, each `search_type=place_photos` result will return a `next_page_token` in its' `pagination` object. This `next_page_token` can be passed in to the `next_page_token` request parameter to retrieve the next page of place photo results. ::: ![search\_type=place\_photos](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/_2H-bV01Fa8fCx9qd5d88/YUSJDPx0IHs8bIG77Witz-20260401-194449.png "Google Place Photos Result") For example, to request place photo results for the data\_id `0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f` , the request would be: :::CodeblockTabs HTTP ```HTTP https://api.serpwow.com/live/search?api_key=demo&search_type=place_photos&data_id=0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f ``` ```curl curl -L --get https://api.serpwow.com/live/search \ -d api_key="demo" \ -d search_type="place_photos" \ -d data_id="0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f" ``` ```nodejs const axios = require('axios'); // set up the request parameters const params = { api_key: "demo", search_type: "place_photos", data_id: "0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f" } // make the http GET request axios.get('https://api.serpwow.com/live"/search', { params }) .then(response => { // print the JSON response console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data, 0, 2)); }).catch(error => { // catch and print the error console.log(error); }) ``` ```python import requests import json # set up the request parameters params = { 'api_key': 'demo', 'search_type': 'place_photos', 'data_id': '0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f' } # make the http GET request api_result = requests.get('https://api.serpwow.com/live/search', params) # print the JSON response print(json.dumps(api_result.json())) ``` ```php 'demo', 'search_type' => 'place_photos', 'data_id' => '0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f' ]); # make the http GET request $ch = curl_init(sprintf('%s?%s', 'https://api.serpwow.com/live/search', $queryString)); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true); # the following options are required if you're using an outdated OpenSSL version # more details: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2021/09/13/LetsEncryptRootCertExpire/ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 180); $api_result = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); # print the JSON response echo $api_result; ?> ``` ::: *** ### Google Place Photos Parameters The following parameters are available for all requests made when `search_type=place_photos` . | `Parameter` | `Required` | `Description` | | ------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `engine` | `required` | Should be set to `engine=google` . | | `search_type` | `required` | Should be set to `search_type=place_photos` . | | `data_id` | `required` | The `data_id` of the Place to retrieve place photos for. `data_id` values are returned in [Places requests ](https://docs.trajectdata.com/serpwow/search-api/searches/google/places). | | `category_id` | `optional` | An optional category ID to limit the returned photos to just those belonging to the given category. `category_id` values, if shown for the given `data_id` , are returned in the `categories` array in all `search_type=place_photos` results. | | `include_photos_count` | `optional` | Includes the estimated number of photos in the photos section of the places knowledge panel. If set to true, then **1 additional credit is charged.** | | `include_photo_metadata` | `optional` | Includes `type`, `author_name`, `author_avatar_url`, `author_profile_url`, `relative_date` and `caption` for each photo in the results. If set to true, then **1 additional credit is charged.** | | `hl` | `optional` | The `hl` parameter determines the Google UI language to return results. View the full list of supported `hl` values [here ](https://docs.trajectdata.com/serpwow/search-api/reference/google-languages). Defaults to `en` . | | `next_page_token` | `optional` | Place Photo results do not contain a traditional pagination section where a specific page of results is uniquely addressable. Instead, each `search_type=place_photos` result will return a `next_page_token` in its' `pagination` object. This `next_page_token` can be passed in to the `next_page_token` request parameter to retrieve the next page of place photo results. | *** **Next Steps**      [Google Place Photos Results](https://docs.trajectdata.com/serpwow/search-api/results/google/place-photos)